Whoever was having problems was Maverick Viñales, ninth. The Spaniard was slow to overtake Alvaro Bautista, who now had Danilo Petrucci ahead. Rossi led the front group, followed by Zarco and Marquez.

With 15 laps remaining, Márquez left Zarco third after he made a mistake. Behind him, Pedrosa and Miller exchanged arguments for seventh place. The spaniard of Honda didn’t took long to impose a superior rhythm and quickly arrived at quarter, more than two seconds of third, Marc Márquez.